CNO Message

Help protect our present, and secure our future by taking part in World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week 2025 (WAAW), held from 18 to 24 November.

To help GPs reflect on and strengthen their approach to managing COPD, the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care will soon release Practice Reflections: COPD.

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A new national framework has been released to support health services to reduce medication-related errors and hospital readmission rates for patients who are transitioning between care settings.

The Commission is seeking your feedback on the draft Point of Care Testing (POCT) Standard.

The Commission is seeking your feedback on the draft National Pathology Standard (formerly known as the Requirements for Medical Pathology Services).

The Commission has released four new resources to help health services address gaps and inconsistencies in care coordination and post-sepsis support for survivors, families, carers and those bereaved by sepsis.

Read the Spring 2025 issue of Commission eNews.

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The National Medicines Symposium 2025, hosted by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, will explore this issue under the theme ‘Quality use of medicines in people with diabetes’.

The countdown is on. In just one week the National Medicines Symposium 2025 will bring together experts and the diabetes community to explore Quality use of medicines in people with diabetes.

The National Medicines Symposium 2025 is shaping up to be an unmissable event. The full agenda is now live.

Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Week held from 19 to 25 October, highlights the important role of IPC in protecting the community from infection and keeping people safe.

The National Medicines Symposium (NMS) 2025 will spotlight one of Australia’s most pressing health challenges – diabetes.